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package javax.lang.model.type;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import javax.lang.model.element.Element;

/**
 * Thrown when an application attempts to access a sequence of {@link Class}
 * objects each corresponding to a {@link TypeMirror}.
 * 
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
 * @see MirroredTypeException
 * @see Element#getAnnotation(Class)
 * @since 1.6
 */
public class MirroredTypesException extends RuntimeException {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 269;

	// Should this be non-final for a custum readObject method?
	private final transient List<? extends TypeMirror> types; // cannot be
																// serialized

	/**
	 * Constructs a new MirroredTypesException for the specified types.
	 * 
	 * @param types
	 *            the types being accessed
	 */
	public MirroredTypesException(List<? extends TypeMirror> types) {
		super("Attempt to access Class objects for TypeMirrors " + types);
		this.types = Collections.unmodifiableList(types);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the type mirrors corresponding to the types being accessed. The
	 * type mirrors may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and
	 * then read back in.
	 * 
	 * @return the type mirrors in construction order, or {@code null} if
	 *         unavailable
	 */
	public List<? extends TypeMirror> getTypeMirrors() {
		return types;
	}
}
